The B+ Blog

Check out our blog to get monthly updates about all things B+ from our President and Co-Founder, Joe McDonough.

Dec 24 10
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Dec 24 10

It's hard to believe that this will be our 4th Christmas without Andrew running down the stairs

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Dec 18 10

Please join me in praying for Ja'Vion's family as they mourn their little boy's passing earlier this week. 

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Dec 10 10

I would like to introduce you to a brave young man, Brett Land, who is battling leukemia (ALL) at A.I. DuPont Hospital in Wilmington. 

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Dec 9 10

When we were out in Arizona last week, we had the opportunity to tour one of the many hospitals that we work with, University Medical Center (UMC), in Tucson. 

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Dec 7 10

Thank you to the UD English Language Institute for inviting me to speak to your class.  I hope you found my discussion about childhood cancer and The B+ Foundation worthwhile. 

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Dec 1 10

I find comfort in seeing all of the B+ shirts and stickers throughout our local community and appreciate the “Where’s Waldo?”-like aspect of B+ supporters sending us their pictures from their trips around the country and world. 

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Nov 28 10

It is with great sadness that I inform you that B+ Hero, Jordan Lawson, passed away early this morning following an extremely brave battle with cancer.

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Nov 24 10
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Nov 24 10

It’s sad, cute, funny, and a whole bunch of other emotions when I look back at some of the elementary school projects that Ali and Andrew did at St. Mary Magdalen.

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Nov 19 10

My daughter is AMAZING! Ali has organized a Twitterthon with a group called Abolish Cancer. 

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Nov 16 10

My week was made today with a visit to the home of B+ Hero, Rina Goldberg. Ali & and a group from ADPi (Ali's sorority) joined me to visit this really special young lady.

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Nov 12 10

A week ago tonight, Chris and I had the pleasure of attending something called “The 5th Quarter” at the United Methodist Church across the street from the Lampeter-Strasburg (LS) High School outside of Lancaster, PA. 

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Nov 10 10

Today, I would like to salute members of what I believe to be one of the noblest professions – our armed forces. 

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Nov 5 10

I received the following email today from a family that we recently helped. This note doesn't need any context...it speaks for itself.

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Nov 4 10
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Nov 4 10

Well, we finally had our “4th Annual B+ Golf Outing” and it was a big success.  

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Oct 31 10

I love Halloween.  As a kid, how cool is it to get dressed up and get all the free candy you can carry.

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Oct 28 10

This has nothing to do with childhood cancer tonight, but equally tragic. I was stunned to receive news tonight that a friend of Andrew’s from soccer was killed in a car accident today.

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Oct 22 10

I had the privilege of speaking to a golf outing this morning for the Hockessin (HSC) Blast girls soccer team. 

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Oct 15 10

Today, I had the privilege of meeting a special lady, Nikki Spagna, and her ’support team’.

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Oct 12 10

I’m going to borrow Ali’s Facebook update… 

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Oct 11 10

I’ve got to admit…I’m still in a haze and I can’t stop thinking about Noxah Palomo and his family. 

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